The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-01
ESTABLISHED lS48
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is sure death OH q mouse. lie claims
that she Often catches several a day.
lit has bBen proposed that the iInrl.
kisha,, the Japenese carriage pulled by
a man, shall be introduced into London
streets. A+tt t3
"A Clarksville, Illinois, turkey
COUPLER stole q guinea hens nest, sat
on the eggs, Matched the chicks, and is
raising them with great care.
The first shark seen in the Ken.
nebec river for years was captured q
day Or two ago, at Fort Poplam
ii5s Beach. 1t weighed 800 pounds,
4 John Lloyd, a New Haven, man.
has q hen witha monkeys mead. The
henflas no bill, but the mouth and
nostfl!s' are like those ofa monkey.
|luUr7.A, cucumber four feet long, coiled
like 9 serpent and resembling nothing
else 80 much as q green snake, was
among the curlosities at the Maine
state fair.
III According to the last report Of the
United States commissioners Of pensions
there are in Vermont 6, 1926 pensioners,
drawing annually $3.50, 03in round
numbers.
The people OF Elmer, and Vicinity Vicinity.
in Salem county, New Jersey, arc
much excited overan unpleasant Wis.
itor IN tho shape OF u monster snake 25
feet long. ,a,s.t, t..ca u ,.,a0.,..,,
Two greyhounds accompanying a
Washington lady whose. purse wa;
stolen from her joined in the chase
after the thief and succeeded in head
ing him off.ra ,lfl ;s.s,1 i!.4'
+ "a Plymouth tMass.) man has ar
ranged an electric safeguard for his
grapevines. It gives intruters such s,
shock that, it is said, not one has eve.
paid q return Njsit. rarC T3 bai
1.-Two thousand dollars were found
II, q bolt left behind by O. tramp who
mad been given q nights lodging lately
by a Saco (Maitie) family. lie re,
turned and claimed tho money. ny
New Orleans has the frstreguIarly
authorized Chinese physician in this
country. lie is a, graduate, OF "a medi.
cal school in China, and asked to bs
allowed tu pisvtiGe iiulUug 1Ils own
countrymen in the Cresce 1T City.
s--An eagle flying off With a sheep in
Santa Clara County, California, re.
Gently, was interrupted by farmer.
Ihe bird at, once dropped It's prey and
attacked the man, who was roughly
handled iii the fight, IIe came out
the victor, however. et Uait l&l
.a--Forty-two years ago u lawsuit was
begun IN Illinois for the possession Of
apig valned at 80. AS figured upa
few days ago, the expenses on both
sides had amounted TO about $1,000.
lEaoh ,cpnteatanb was determined To
! nave the Whole hog or none. Il.
"A case Of remarkable gall Is re.
ported from the Vicinity of Edmore,
Michigan. Asman who had been hired
to SOW some clover seed went through
the motions,s but kept the seed in the
bag, aud then carried it home, and
ssoWed 1t upon his own ground. ,u,,
- When lightning struck. Baxter
Vaughan Of Strother, Missouri, it cut
q hole like q bullet hole in his hat, ran
around the rim, then down his back
clear to his heels, tearing of In its On
TIRE course a narrow strip Of skin, and
yet Mr. Vaughan lives to tell his queer
experience. ,,,,'.,,.>-,l . a,.A
There lives in Troy, Mo,
little girl about 8 years old, whose head
Is almost an iron gray, and 1t Is steadily
and perceptibly growing grayer, ana
the, present indications are that long
before she reaches womanhood her once
rayeh-black hair will have become
snow-white. Fright caused the change
in color lRh go h"'EfI
b The recent utillzationof Pranzini's
skin to cover card cases has reminded
the Parlsians Of the old Iluman.skin
tanneries at Strasburg and Meudop>
where the skins OF the victims of the
Enillotine were made into book leather.
Works in this binding may still be-
seen in the catalogues Of sales
"A mysterious voice that was heard
IN an empty house in Washington and
supposed to be that Of q small boy was
Investigated by; a policeman. On en-
terlng he plainly heard the cry OF
"annty," which IN moment changed
to ''mamma." The sound was traced
and the source found to be a lame
parrot perched on the back Of an old
chair. ,l.sn E,l5 F !egaja
An autograph letter Of Balzac
has just been made public, which tells
that he once dreamed Of great treasure
being buried in Corsica. and he set out
alone to geek it. Want OF funds, how.
ever, hampered him, and before he
reached ;Ajaccio he had lost faith III his
enterprise, and decided TO return to
Paris.> But from this incident Dumas
derived the inspiration Of "Monte
CrlSto.' aAn 4 Ssa,,z
"A turkey gobber owned by
farmer near Rockville, Ills, fights hens
from their nests and covers anu matches Z,
the eggs hlmself. He seems to take
great delight in these acts, and plaps
the mother to perfection with the
young chicks. As he makes good
parent he1s left alone in his strange
ways, and is the curiosity. of tthe
neighborhood. @;iSp az, 81 ,ifs5 ~
Peter Tobjas,a q farmer, was killed
ia rather a peculiar way, at Spring.
lield,, Ohio. the other day. He was
out driving when his carriage was
struck by a railroad tram and ia piece
Of the wheel tire driven through his
skull, pinioniug him to tho ground,
The combined strength OF two mon
was necessary to withdrew tho tire,
IA monster joss, made OF paper,
and ineasuring f170 feetin lepgthby5
u height. was lately received in San
tyanclsco. from tho Flowery Kingdom.
It was. TO be carried by sixty priestsip
\ parade Of San Francisco, Chinane,I
shat was expected TO eclipse anything
i tile kind ever seen in the Golden